authorities say the employee slammed into a traffic light at lake washington boulevard around 1:40. co-workers say the driver had been been working overnight. his name has not yet been released. >> getting around by car proved to be challenging. lights knocked out an hour today in the middle of the morning commute. metering lights were not operating creating more chaos than normal. lights started crawling up the span from the west end and within minutes, the span relit. lights n on the richmond bridge out for a short time today. >> erie with no lights. hundreds of homes and businesses on the peninsula still in the dark because of power outages there today we found a football field. abc 7 news joins us live from menlo park. this is one of two sandbag stations. a popular destination for many today. were no major problems on the peninsula or south bay except for power outages. some minor football fields was the worst. take a look. in atherton, workers were busy trying to drain the water from the football field. water level stood above the new turf field. one main pump had broken during